Mobile Phones in Iraq's Mission To Be Banned

Bulgarian troops could be prohibited to use mobile phones, announced the Defence Minister Veselin Bliznakov as he welcomed back home the second unit, which was providing security at Iraq's Ashraf camp. news.bg reports.

"The veto concerns the scandalous amateur video clip, that exposes how soldiers humiliate Iraqis. The videowas posted online at the end of last week.

It was shot with a mobile phone during the mission of the country's second unit in Kerbala in 2004.

In the video, the soldiers are calling little local citizens with a Bulgarian offensive word, thatmeans 'dirty Gipsy'.

In most of the allied armies using mobile phones is prohibited."

emily | 2:21 PM | The Military and Iraq. Images and Issues |
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